Thursday, August 19, 2010

Austin Murphy Featured in Rhinelander Daily News

Murphy filling new roles at UW-Eau ClaireFormer RHS football player converts to cornerbackBy Kevin Damask

During his high school football career, Rhinelander’s Austin Murphy used his unique blend of size, speed and quickness to become one of the Wisconsin Valley Conference’s best running backs. Heading into his sophomore season at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Blugolds coaches are hoping Murphy can use those rare attributes to master an entirely different position –– cornerback.